Bernard Waldman
American physicist
Died when: 73 years 20 days (876 months)Star Sign: Libra
Bernard Waldman (October 12, 1913 – November 1, 1986) was an American physicist who flew on the Hiroshima atomic bombing mission as a cameraman during World War II.
A graduate of New York University, joined the faculty of the University of Notre Dame in 1938.During World War II, he served in the United States Navy as an engineering officer.
He headed a group that conducted blast measurements for the Trinity nuclear test, and served on Tinian with Project Alberta.
After the war he returned to Notre Dame.He was director of the Midwestern Universities Research Association Laboratory from 1960 to 1964, dean of its Notre Dame College of Science at Notre Dame from 1967 to 1979, and associate director of the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory from 1979 to 1983.
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